The European Ceramic Society–American Ceramic Society Joint Award recognizes individuals who foster international cooperation between the American Ceramic Society and the European Ceramic Society, in demonstration of both organizations’ commitment to work together to better serve the international ceramics community.
Nomination Process
A nomination form must be submitted and should include a statement of no more than 500 words stating the nominee’s leadership and service to further cooperation between ECerS and ACerS either over a period of several years, or highlighting service over and above expectations in a single event/activity, such as organizing a meeting, chairing a committee or task force, recruiting new members, frequently writing and/or reviewing for ECerS and ACerS publications, or promotion of both Societies’ positive interactions in the ceramics and glass community to the rest of the world.
The award shall be presented in alternate years at the ACerS Annual Meeting event (held in conjunction with Materials Science & Technology Conference in North America) in even years and the European Ceramic Society Biennial Meeting in odd years. The award shall consist of an honorarium of $1500, registration for the event for one person, a certificate(s) and a piece of ceramic or glass artwork from the host society.
Contact
Erica Zimmerman
ezimmerman@ceramics.org
Award Winners
Paolo Colombo
Paolo Colombo is professor of Materials Science and Technology in the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, where he earned a degree in chemical engineering in 1985 and a diploma in glass engineering in 1988. He was assistant professor at University of Padova (1990–1998) and associate professor at the University of Bologna (1998–2005). He is also adjunct professor of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University, visiting professor of mechanical engineering at University College London, academic advisor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China, and a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College (UK). He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Pennsylvania State University (1991), Foreign Scientist at INSA, Lyon, France (2015), and DGF Mercator Professor at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany (2016).
Colombo is president of the International Ceramic Federation and an Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of The American Ceramic Society, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and The European Ceramic Society.
He received the Global Star Award (ECD-ACerS), Edward C. Henry Award (ED-ACerS), Global Ambassador Award (ECD-ACerS), Bridge Building Award (ECD-ACerS), and awards from other organizations.
Colombo published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and co-edited two books. His h-index is 70. He has coorganized many international conferences and often speaks on the topic of porous ceramics, polymer-derived-ceramics, and additive manufacturing of ceramics.
He is the editor-in-chief of Open Ceramics and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society; Materials Letters; Ceramics International; Journal of Porous Materials; Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies; and Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and Bioceramics.